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National Association of Realtors goes after GayRealtor.com
Association files arbitration case targeting gay real estate referral site. The National Association of Realtors has filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain name GayRealtor.com. The domain name is owned by gay ...
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National Association of Realtors goes after GayRealtor.com
Association files arbitration case targeting gay real estate referral site. The National Association of Realtors has filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain name GayRealtor.com. The domain name is owned by gay ...
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January 19, 2012, 9:43 am
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SOPA.com goes up for sale for $50,000
SOPA.com domain name getting its 15 minutes of fame. The domain name SOPA.com has been listed for sale at Latonas.com for $50,000. There’s no hotter topic on the internet right now than the Stop Only Piracy Act (SOPA). In fact, earlier today I ...
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SOPA.com goes up for sale for $50,000
SOPA.com domain name getting its 15 minutes of fame. The domain name SOPA.com has been listed for sale at Latonas.com for $50,000. There’s no hotter topic on the internet right now than the Stop Only Piracy Act (SOPA). In fact, earlier today I ...
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January 18, 2012, 10:11 pm
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Switch the word order in a domain, pay 17x
Company pays 17 times as much for “opposite” domain compared to its company name domain. This week’s end user sales report has an interesting pair of domain sales. The purchases come courtesy of a Delaware company called 360 Local, ...
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Switch the word order in a domain, pay 17x
Company pays 17 times as much for “opposite” domain compared to its company name domain. This week’s end user sales report has an interesting pair of domain sales. The purchases come courtesy of a Delaware company called 360 Local, ...
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January 18, 2012, 4:00 pm
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NameJet bought its domain for just $600
Popular expired domain service paid a measly 600 bucks for its brand. Even domain marketplaces have to buy their own domain names. A notable case was when thought Convergence’s Aftermarket.com paid $125,000 to pick up its name at auction. Drop ...
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NameJet bought its domain for just $600
Popular expired domain service paid a measly 600 bucks for its brand. Even domain marketplaces have to buy their own domain names. A notable case was when thought Convergence’s Aftermarket.com paid $125,000 to pick up its name at auction. Drop ...
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January 18, 2012, 2:29 pm
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GoDaddy blacks out part of its web site to oppose SOPA
From bill supporter to blackout. Did you know that GoDaddy is participating in today’s web blackout to oppose SOPA and PIPA? OK, so it’s only a 500×90 pixel block below the fold on its home page: Still, this is noteworthy given that...
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GoDaddy blacks out part of its web site to oppose SOPA
From bill supporter to blackout. Did you know that GoDaddy is participating in today’s web blackout to oppose SOPA and PIPA? OK, so it’s only a 500×90 pixel block below the fold on its home page: Still, this is noteworthy given that...
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January 18, 2012, 12:03 pm
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JoePaterno.xxx up for sale on eBay
Joe Paterno triple x domain name among those for sale on eBay. I guess it could be more tasteless. A Florida man has placed JoePaterno.xxx up for sale on eBay for $3,400. But thankfully the seller doesn’t have a description referring to the chi...
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JoePaterno.xxx up for sale on eBay
Joe Paterno triple x domain name among those for sale on eBay. I guess it could be more tasteless. A Florida man has placed JoePaterno.xxx up for sale on eBay for $3,400. But thankfully the seller doesn’t have a description referring to the chi...
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January 18, 2012, 11:32 am
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$85k of your $185k new gTLD app goes to phantom costs
What should happen to the extra $85,000? When you write that check for $185,000 for your new top level domain application, $85,000 of it is going to rather interesting uses. $60,000 of it will go to a reserve fund for “risk costs”. In oth...
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$85k of your $185k new gTLD app goes to phantom costs
What should happen to the extra $85,000? When you write that check for $185,000 for your new top level domain application, $85,000 of it is going to rather interesting uses. $60,000 of it will go to a reserve fund for “risk costs”. In oth...
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January 18, 2012, 10:45 am
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Insurance company claims rights to AutoOwner.com and others
Insurance company says it should get AutoOwner.com. Is it generic? Auto-Owners Insurance has filed UDRP cases against the owners of four domain names that it thinks infringe its intellectual property rights, including AutoOwner.com. The insurance com...
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Insurance company claims rights to AutoOwner.com and others
Insurance company says it should get AutoOwner.com. Is it generic? Auto-Owners Insurance has filed UDRP cases against the owners of four domain names that it thinks infringe its intellectual property rights, including AutoOwner.com. The insurance com...
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January 17, 2012, 10:09 pm
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Justin.tv wins argument over Twitch.tv copycat
Arbitration panel find in favor of Justin.tv over video game site. The creators of Justin.tv launched Twitch.tv last June as a topic-specific video site about video games. The site quickly ballooned, snagging 8 million unique users by July. It didn&r...
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Justin.tv wins argument over Twitch.tv copycat
Arbitration panel find in favor of Justin.tv over video game site. The creators of Justin.tv launched Twitch.tv last June as a topic-specific video site about video games. The site quickly ballooned, snagging 8 million unique users by July. It didn&r...
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January 17, 2012, 9:41 pm
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DirectNIC and United Domains now fully integrated with SedoMLS Premium
Customers can list their domains on SedoMLS at Premium level. Sedo has announced that domain name registrars DirectNIC and United Domains are now fully integrated with SedoMLS at the Premium level. This means that customers of these domain registrars...
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DirectNIC and United Domains now fully integrated with SedoMLS Premium
Customers can list their domains on SedoMLS at Premium level. Sedo has announced that domain name registrars DirectNIC and United Domains are now fully integrated with SedoMLS at the Premium level. This means that customers of these domain registrars...
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January 17, 2012, 11:23 am
